CLICK HERE for video of this sermon Like so many of you I spent most of Wednesday transfixed by the inauguration. There was such dignity to the affair, largely bereft of spectators, and yet somehow even more inclusive. Beginning with the Memorial President Biden and Vice President Harris led us in at the reflecting pool […]

CLICK HERE for video of this sermon I met Moses Godfry as my daughter’s elementary school music teacher. He was African American and one of the most gifted musicians I had ever known. He was magic with the girls, encouraging one of them to go onto to a much deeper study in music as an […]

CLICK HERE for video of this sermon I knew Bob, Dr. Bob as he like to be called for eight years. As an active member of my last congregation, Bob had just retired from a Family Medicine practice of over six decades at the age of 86. He was Chinese American, tall and elegant. His […]

CLICK HERE for video of this sermon When I was eight years old my mother took me into NYC at Christmas time to enjoy the sights, Rockefeller Plaza, Fifth Avenue and maybe do some shopping. As we debarked the train at Grand Central she told me that if we get separated just go to the […]

CLICK HERE for video of this sermon If this pandemic and election has taught us anything useful, it is this:  We cannot survive alone. The Individualism that made America Great, has also been our downfall. Look at the pandemic surge we are in right now: people are dying and some people still refuse to wear […]

CLICK HERE for video of this sermon In 2012, the Bushmaster Rifle Company issued “man cards” to those men who answered a series of sexist questions such “Do you eat tofu? Can you change a tire? Have you ever watched figured skating “on purpose”? — but others are more challenging. One question gives you four […]

CLICK HERE for video of this sermon CLICK HERE for a printable PDF of this sermon. I spent much of my high school years at a private school in the Delaware River Valley in Pennsylvania. My entry into this world had been very difficult. As a shy and socially awkward teenager, I was even more […]

CLICK HERE for video of this sermon CLICK HERE for a printable PDF of this sermon. We elected Barack Obama on the sails of hope. We placed upon him the mantle of a savior. And then, as with all leaders, we realized that he was not a savior, but a human being dealing with a […]